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[Kenworthy]

Hi. My name is Joan and I have just been diagnosed with Diabetes type 2.

 

[Carolg]

Hi Joan. Welcome to the forum

 

[Ljc]

Welcome to the forum @Kenworthy . I am guessing you must be rather shocked and worried right now. I would like to try and reassure you that with the righ info and a bit of work by yourself , Diabetes is a condition that can be managed well . We can help with the info and cyber support, so feel free to ask questions about diabetes and we’ll do our best to help.
How did you come to be diagnosed.

 

[Kenworthy]

Welcome to the forum @Kenworthy . I am guessing you must be rather shocked and worried right now. I would like to try and reassure you that with the righ info and a bit of work by yourself , Diabetes is a condition that can be managed well . We can help with the info and cyber support, so feel free to ask questions about diabetes and we’ll do our best to help.
How did you come to be diagnosed.

Hi. I had some bloods taken because of long standing kidney problems and first was told I was prediabetic but now am diabetic. Have had very little advice from my doctor some am finding info on the internet.

 

[Ljc]

Hi. I had some bloods taken because of long standing kidney problems and first was told I was prediabetic but now am diabetic. Have had very little advice from my doctor some am finding info on the internet.

@Kenworthy Sadly that sounds par for the course re lack of advise.Their is an awful lot of wrong info out there on the www, conmen too , so please take care where you search for info.

Their is some good reading on here when your ready to burn the midnight oil.
This is a rather long one but it’s very informative
maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s

test-review-adjust by Alan S
Here is a link to the cheapest meter that we know of to self fund the ongoing cost of the testing strips if you want to test but Gp won’t prescribe them , you’ll need more test strips and a box of lancets as they only provide 10 of each in starter packs.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Codefree-G...fm-21&linkId=f39210144fdc26c27738e45b6d957003.

Here is a long running thread that may give you some ideas for meals etc.
what-did-you-eat-yesterday , please bear in mind we also bare our sins here too.

You might be interested in members low carb recipes

 

[Kenworthy]

Many thanks for all the info. I will certainly look at it. As newly diagnosed I am not on any drugs yet and my docs review is not until next March. My gp’s nurse advised not to buy a glucose monitor and also Boots pharmacist said the same thing but I probably will do otherwise I won’t know if I am managing things ok by my diet. Again, many thanks. Joan

 

[Ljc]

Another good thing about testing to see how the various carbohydrates affect us, is we only cut down/out on those that affect us and don’t cut out/down those we enjoy that don’t affect us badly as diabetes is very individual in this respect.
It helps to keep a food diary as well.

Depending on BG levels some people do very well without medications.

We on here believe that refusing glucose meters and strips is a very short sighted way of cost cutting that will end up costing the nhs more in dealing with complications that could have been avoided.

 

[SB2015]

Hi Joan, welcome to the forum. A place where there is aloads of useful information, from people living with the condition.

One person described not testing to as having a place to drive to, and then putting a blindfold on and seeing how you get on with that journey. as Lin has said if you have the information about both th your glucose levels and the carbohydrates that you are eating with the amounts, you can then make an informed decisions about changes to your diet.

 

[KARNAK]

Hi Joan, just to welcome you to the forum 🙂.

 

[Ralph-YK]

Welcome to the forum Joan from a fellow T2.
A meter often recomended on here is the SD Codefree. Test strips, which you need to buy several batches of, are cheaper for this meter than a lot of others (£8 for 50 instead of £15-£30 for others). And the meter itself is around £12.